Container for golf balls and tees



July 25, 1933. J H B NE 1,919,198

CONTAINER FOR GOLF BALLS AND TEES Filed Jan. 18, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN VEN TOR y 1933- J. H. BURNET CONTAINER FOR GOLF BALLS AND TEES Filed Jan. 18, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet, 2

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Patented July 25, 1933 JOSEPH H. IBURNET, o1 newmam fmsse= ffco'nrarnnn on GOLF BZQLL IS AND;111 1 112151 This invention relatespgenerally, to im provements incontainers for 'golfballs and tees, which may be made of suitable material This invention has forits principal object to provide a novel container l for enclosing, with golf balls packed therein,"a pluralityof tees disposed to occupy; the otherwise waste interior spaces of'the carton not'occupied by glfi the balls;

H: n The invention has for a further and more specificobject to provide a simpleand inexto support teesto accompany the golfballs packed therein, whereby the tees are so dis- 1 tributed'within the carton interior "as to occupy the waste corner spaces around the enclosedballs; Q 7 I 'i Other objects of thisinvention, not at this time more particularly enumerated, will .be

description of the sameu'. v wlllustrativ'e' embodiments of this invention are shown .in the accompanying drawings, in

' Fig. 1 is a "perspective View of one form of container for golf balls and tees according to this inventiomljone end of theco'ntainer beingin partially open conditionto show the tee supporting element' as related to the enclosed golf ballsfFig. 2is an end/plan view? of the same; and Fig; 3 is a vertical understood from the: following "-d etaile'dv longitudinal s ectionthereof, taken" online 3-3inFig.2. i Fig. 4 isa fragmentary vertical longitudinal section of a container, havinga modified form and arrangement of tee supporting means; Fig. 5 is a like fragmentary: vertical 4? section, showing another modified form of tee supporting means ;-Fig. 6- is an end plan view,

illustrating a further modified form- 0f "tee supporting means; Fig. 7 is also an end plan view',showing-another form of :tee support.-

39 mg means, and Fig. 811s ayertlcal lODgItHClIrI and of; sufficient depthto' support Within its npensive paper carton provided with means- V e 7 more'or lessthan three at the optlon of the 7 Application filed January 18, 1932. S eria1No'.'5S7 ,248.

nal section thereof, taken line8f 8 in,;Fy-ig. 7;; Fig; 9 is an end plan View, illustrating yet another form of tee supporting means; and

10 is afragmentaryvertical longitudinal sectionof a carton in closed condition, and

hayingafurther modified form andarrangement of tee supporting means. Similar characters of reference are employed in the above described views, to--illus-- trateicor'responding parts. a Referring to the drawings, the reference character 11 indicates acontainer'body, preferably of rectangular cross-sectionalsha e,

terior, one above the other,jany desired'num- V ,bero'f golf flballslfl, For the purpose of illustration, the container body is shown sized to; enclose three balls, although it will be obvious'that it may be sized to enclose either usern m 4, q When the container is tobe employed as a commercial package, it ,is preferably "made in the form. of a paper carton having foldable closure flaps atone or bothends; L If the conetainer is to be used as a ball carrier bythe golfer; the same may beinade of more lasting material than paper, such e, g, asleather, metal or any other suitable material or'com bination of materials. a 1 Z a l 89 WVhenImadeas a carton, in the formshown inFigss1-to13, the;endclosure?flaps-comprise laterally infolding side flaps Band 14, and

a cover flap 15 having a tuck-tongue 16lat itsfree'end. v:Asshown in saldiFigs. 1 to 3, 5'

one of saidsideflaps, as l3,'is provided," at the endxthereof' adjoining the body 11, with. an inwardly folded ofi-setting portion 1 7 7 adapted toliein'vertical plane along the innersideof the'carton body, so as to inwardly 0 I off-set the side flap 1?), when the latter is closed downwardly across the carton end, in a plane downwardly or inwardlyspacedfrom the periphery of-the carton end, thus counter,- sinking the closed; side flap. 13 with n the 95 carton end and stopped against the adjacent underlying ball 12' packed into the] carton; interior:- The thus. countersunk sldeflap '13 v is provided, atone or more of its corner areas,

with; perforations This countersunk persupport for golf tees adapted to serve as a 19, the shanks 20 of which are inserted downwardly through said perforations 18 until the heads thereof are stopped against the body'of said side flap. As

iorate side-flap 13 is thus arranged, the shanks 20 of the tees will- J be positioned in the carton interior, which, due to the spherical shape of the balls, is normally unoccupied or waste, space. Owing to the countersunkrelation of theitee-holdin 13 to the carton mouth,space is provide for the heads of the tees within the carton end, and so that the opposite side flap 14 may be turned over the same in covering relation thereto, as indicated by the representation of the closed position of said side flap 14 shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. After the side flap 14 is closed he cover flap 15 is turned to'its covering position, and held therein by inserting its tuck-tongue 16 into'the carton interior, in the familiar manner commonly employed with tuck end carton closures. It will be obvious that the tees willbe securely'held against displacement from the described disposition thereof when the carton end is closed. It-will also be obvious that the ar-f rangementis such, that tees havin various lengthsof shanks may be utilized, since there ample room to accommodate the-shanks provided by the unoccupied corner areas of the carton interior. Tees of a given length,

or-a plurality of teesof assorted lengths mayv i be packed into the carton, as may bedesired.

nl n l ig. 4' there is shown a modified arrangement of tee supporting means, wherein side flaps, one of which'is countersunk within the carton end, side flaps 13 and 14 of a length to reach part wayacross the carton end are provided, both said side flaps 13 and l t having inwardly folding off-setting portions 17', whereby'the same may be countersunk within the 'c'arton end, with their free end' iorti'ons opposed, and preferably adapted to rest upon the top of theend most ball packed within the carton interior. The side flaps 13"and'14l are perforated at points overlying the corner areas of the carton interior, so-that the tees '19 may have their shanksQO engaged therethrough to occupy said normal- 1y empty corner spaces ofthe carton. Thev end cover flap 15 with its tuck tongue'16 is 'ei'nployed-to close the carton-end in substantially the manner already described.

' In Fig. '5 of the drawings, there is shown another form of the supporting means Within. the purview of this invention. In this modified arrangement, the tee supporting means takes the form of'aseparate insert element, such as a plate 21 of oardboard or othei'l suitable material, adapted to fit within and across the end interior of the carton, and to be supported upon the end most ball '12 therein. The plate'21 is also perforated at points overlying the corner areas of the The tee bifurcate'outer'portions of the armsa27 until I just described, the plate 21- may have its corners cut away, as shown at'2lin Fig. 6, to permit passage of the tee shanks 20 downwardly into the corner spaces of the carton interior, themarginal portions of such cut away corners providing lips to underlie and su port the heads of the tees. I

' eferring to Figs. 7 and8-of the drawings, there is illustrated therein another form of insertable tee support adapted to be produced from wire. A suitable length of wire is doubled or bentback and forth upon itself to providea plurality of radial arms23, terminating'at their free ends in loop.portions:24,j

and being mutually interconnected together at their inner converging portions, toforma center portion 25. Preferably the armsa'are v angularly spaced apart by ninety degrees. 1

In the use of the device in this formfthe shanks 20 of the tees 19 are inserted'down'- wardly through the loopportions' 24 so that the heads. of'the tees engage upon andare v supported by said loopportions. After the balls 12 are packed into the carton :body 11, the wire tee supporting form isplaced inithe open end of the carton, so that'its center portion-25 rests upon the adjacent golf ball, and i so that the arms 23 extend toward the corners off'the carton interior to dispose the loopiportions. 24 in: alignment with the corner spaces,

into which thexshanksQO of the 'tees'supported by said loop portions 24 ma'ydepend. When the wire tee supporting; form is thus disposed, the side flaps 22; and cover -'fiap 15 may be closed, and the latterseoured by insertion of its tuck tongue 16-into theea rton interior. In Fig. 9 of thedrawingananother type of wiretee supporting form is shown, in which a wire body is shaped to provides rectangular member 26 havinginwardly'and radially extending bifurcate or indented arms '27 projecting from the oorner of the. rectangular member; This typeiof supporting form-may be inserted within the carton end, so that the inner free ends of its arms 27 rest upon the adjacent balli12',"whe1eupon the bifurcate outer portions willaoverhan the corner spaces ofthe cartoninterior.

shanks '20 are inserted through the portions -ill! the heads of the tees rest thereupon,.:and said shanks 20 depend within the corner spaces of the oar toninterior' around the balls. Fl

' Referring now tofFig'. 10 ofthe drawings,

thereis shown therein a form" of tee support somewhat similar to that disclosed in Fig. '4, wherein the side flaps ofthe carton it selfai'e formed and arranged to provide the tee sup which are transversely scored to form downwardly or inwardly" depressed angularly channeled portions 29, having perforations 3O aligned overthecorner spaces of the carton interior. Thesefflaps28 are downturned 'across the balls 12, whereupon the tees l9are mounted thereonby passingthe shanks20 downwardly through the perforations 30 imtil the heads come 'to rest in thechanneled portions 29, so as to be supported thereby with their tops approximately at the planeof the end of the carton. The cover flap 31 may thereupon beclosed over the side flaps and the tees supported thereon, thus securely holding the flapsand tees in assembled relation relative to the carton interior and the balls 12 disposed thereon. This form of tee support has the advantage of requiring no excess of carton length over that whichis sufficient to accommodate the number of ballsdesired to be packed therein.

i In the above described constructions, I have described the carton closures to include the tuck-tongue type of cover fiap, it will be understood, however, that I do not limit the invention for use in cartons having such specific type of closure, since the same may be applied to other types-of cartons such as those having glued closure flaps, or the-invention may be applied to containers or boxes other than those of the carton form,

From the above description it will be obvious that this invention provides a novel container adapted to enclose golf-balls, while at the same time utilizing otherwise waste in terior space of the carton for also enclosing a plurality ofgolf tees, thus making a very handy combination package of especial utility in the commercial handling and dis-' 7 tribution of these articles which are so close ly associated in use. b a i I As many changes, other thanthose already specifically referred to, could be made in the above described constructions, and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative,

. and not in a limiting sense.

I claim i p 1. A golf ball package, comprising a hollow body of polygonal cross section having transverse internal dimensions substantially approximating the diameters of superimposed balls inserted therein, thus providing corner spaces around the contained balls, and means to support golf tee devices to dispose the same in one or more of said corner spaces.

2. A golf ball package, comprising a hollow body of rectangular cross section having transverse internal dimensions substantially.

approximating the diameters of""superimposed balls inserted therein, thus providing corner spaces around the contained balls,

means to ppo golf V ces to dispose r i J.

the same in one or more of said corner spaces,

said body having at least one open end, and

closure means for thelatter. .1

3. A'container forgolf balls, comprising a hollow body of polygonal cross section having ,transverse internal 1 dimensions substantially approximating the diametersof superimposed balls inserted therein,- thus providfling corner spaces around the contained balls,

and means superimposed upon the ba'llsadjacent an end of the bodyv to support golf tees in oneor more of said corner spaces,

, 4. A containerjfor golf balls, comprising a hollow body of polygonal cross section having transverseinternal dimensions substantially approximating the diameters of superimposed balls inserted therein, thus-providing corner spaces around the contained balls, 'means to closexan open end of the body, and means intermediate the balls and a closed end of the body adapted to support the heads of said corner spaces. i b

5 contain'erfor golf balls, comprising a hollow body of, rectangular cross sectionhaving at least one open end, means to close said open end, and means intermediate the balls golf tees so as to dispose their shanks within disposed in said body andsaid endclosure adapted to support the heads of golftees so as to dispose their shanks within corner spaces of, the body interior adjacent to the,

balls;

1 6. A olf ballcarton, comprising ahollow body 0 rectangular cross section having transverse internal dimensions approximat ing the diameters of superimposed balls in serted therein, thus providing corner spaces aroundthecontainedballasaid body having tions aligned with said corner spaces through which the shanks of golf tee devices maybe at least one open end, a side flap to overlie said open end, said side flap-having perfora-' i inserted, whereby the heads ofsaid tees are i supported by said flap and said shanks depend from the latter within said corner spaces, and a cover means to overlie said flap and close said open end of said body.

7. A golf ball carton as defined inclaim 6,

in which the teeengaged portions of said side flapare' countersunk within the plane of the open end of the carton body to dispose the tee heads within the interior limits of the latter. 8. A golf ball carton, comprising a hollow body of rectangular cross section having transverse internal dimensions approximating the diameters of superimposed balls in- 'serted therein, thus providing corner, spaces around the contained balls, said body having at least one open end, side 'flapsconnectedi with the open end of said'body, said side flaps having inwardly folded off-setting porie-ri e t L n 11kth ame Within the Q9911 end 0f the body, 5 1 !s de "flap having perforatiuns aligned with said corner spaces throng-h which the shanks of golf tee devices 5 maybe inserted, whereby the heads of said [l therein, thus providing corner spa'ces around the contained hallsQsaidhody having at least wmff outeli sideflep (extending fiiom the'lqpgqsite one ppen end, 7

r m 011. s e o tll pp n end' aid body and havi a inwardly i d efisettie portion t c 14 ters i k'the sam W in th open end of the'.body ,sa,id inner side flitp having perforations to alignivwith saideorner spaces and through which the g$hflnks .of

g e carr ed by said i e side :flep de-' fined therefrom Within said corner spaces, an

side of the {open end f said bQdy 110x01 said inner side flap and the golf tescenried th y, "and a foldable ex rna eove flap to closesaid open n he bodyi o rlying le iQn fwthe in lde 's de fiztps- E H H BUBJNETP inn s flap xtending 

